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Sky divers: Hot-air balloon pilot saved their lives (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
ATLANTA — As the hot-air balloon rose into the blue Georgia sky, sky diver
Dennis Valdez remembers seeing a thunderstorm brewing in the distance. Pilot
Edward Ristaino seemed concerned but not panicked as he maneuvered the balloon
above a field and told the five sky divers to jump.It wasn't until Valdez was
in midair that he realized how dangerous the weather had become. He looked up
and saw Ristaino's balloon rising into a treacherous-looking storm cloud."I
thought this wasn't a good situation for him," the 36-year-old former Navy
officer said, "but there was nothing I can do."As lightning spidered across
the sky and wind buffeted their parachutes, the five sky divers floated safely
to the ground. Ristaino's balloon, meanwhile, was sucked into the clouds and
then sent crashing to the earth about eight miles away. His body was found at
the bottom of his gondola Monday, nearly three days after the flight."If we
would have left a minute later, we would have been sucked into the storm," sky
diver Dan Eaton said.The group had taken off Friday evening, ascending from a
festival in Fitzgerald, Ga., about 175 miles south of Atlanta. From the air,
they ...
Arlington Heights Daily Herald
